It’s raining, again. We’ve had about three and a half inches over the past several days.
The sun finally came out late Saturday afternoon and it was nice on Sunday afternoon but the rain has come back.
I suddenly realized as the sun shone on my back yard that the forsythia hadn’t bloomed. There are tiny leaves appearing but no buds. Not a single bush in my large yard has bloomed.

The Maurice Bowling Middle School and Owen County High School cheerleading banquet was held April 6.
Although 2013-14 was the year of “runner-ups,” the effort put in by both teams was far from second best.
The MBMS squad finished second in the Swiss Wine Festival in August and in the Eighth
Region KAPOS regional in December.
Academic excellence awards were given to Rachel Miller, Lindsay Gill, and Cailey Stedam. All of these students had a 4.0 GPA for the season.
Lydia Hobbs was awarded the Sara Jane Green Award.

From near and far, former classmates of Owen County High will come together once again in Owenton on April 12 when the school’s class of 1964 holds its 50th anniversary class reunion in the Owen County Extension Service’s community room at 357 Ellis Road.
Class members are encouraged to come by The Smith House restaurant at 1640 Hwy 22 for an impromptu lunch around 12:30 or 1 p.m. to have an opportunity to spend some extra time catching up and getting reacquainted with fellow classmates since they last saw them.

If you love golf, you don’t normally need a good reason to play.
Just in case you did however, the 15th Annual Charlie Satterwhite Memorial Golf Shamble provided one on Saturday.
Almost as if on cue, the sun came out just before noon on Saturday at Fairway Golf Course in Wheatley.

Owen County High School does not have a rowing team. It’s too bad because they could have practiced last week on the baseball and softball fields.
Neither the baseball team or the softball team saw much action last week. The baseball team played one game while the softball team was not in action once.
The Rebels took on Scott County March 31 and were shut out, 10-0.

By John Whitlock
N-H Editor
For over 35 years, Joan Kincaid has been a presence in Owen County government.
On Tuesday morning, she stepped away from her desk and down from her position as Owen County Clerk.
The road to serving such a long stretch in local government began in 1978 at Owenton’s Western Auto when Kincaid was asked to join the Owen County Sheriff’s Office as a clerk.

A strong turnout was on hand March 25 for a forum hosted by the Owen County Chamber of Commerce regarding charter counties.
Dr. Phil Sparks of Chase Law School, Rick Ornstein with the Kentucky Association of Counties and attorney Skip Watson led the discussion and took written questions from the audience.
Owen County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Frank Downing said participants in Leadership Owen County heard discussions on charter counties about 10 years ago, but the topic hadn’t been discussed much since then.

As one chapter of Owen County history comes to a close, another one opens with the appointment of Laurel P. Stivers to the Owen County Clerk’s Office.
The appointment came after Joan Kincaid announced her retirement from the office. Owen County Judge-executive Carolyn Keith appointed Stivers to the office Tuesday morning.
Stivers, who will be on the ballot for the clerk’s position in May, said she is looking forward to settling into her new position at a busy time of the year.